Senate confirms Brewster's Thomas Prendergast as MTA chief

12:57 PM,
Jun. 21, 2013

Written by

Jon Campbell
Albany Bureau

ALBANY The state Senate confirmed Thomas Prendergast as chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Prendergast, of Brewster, Putnam County, succeeds Joseph Lhota, who resigned late last year to run for New York City mayor.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated Prendergast, 60, for the post in April, and he was unanimously confirmed by the full Senate around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. The confirmation was one of dozens taken up by the Senate in the waning days of the 2013 legislative session, which is slated to end today. ...